linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] tracing: Have all levels of checks prevent recursion

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Date:   Fri, 15 Oct 2021 15:00:50 -0400
From:   Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
To:     Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
Cc:     LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
        "James E.J. Bottomley" <James.Bottomley@...senPartnership.com>,
        Helge Deller <deller@....de>,
        Michael Ellerman <mpe@...erman.id.au>,
        Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@...nel.crashing.org>,
        Paul Mackerras <paulus@...ba.org>,
        Paul Walmsley <paul.walmsley@...ive.com>,
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        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
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        王贇 <yun.wang@...ux.alibaba.com>,
        Guo Ren <guoren@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] tracing: Have all levels of checks prevent recursion

On Fri, 15 Oct 2021 20:24:59 +0200
Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org> wrote:

> > @@ -206,11 +206,7 @@ DEFINE_OUTPUT_COPY(__output_copy_user, arch_perf_out_copy_user)
> >  static inline int get_recursion_context(int *recursion)
> >  {
> >  	unsigned int pc = preempt_count();  
> 
> Although I think we can do without that ^ line as well :-)

Ah, I could have sworn I deleted it. Oh well, will make a proper patch set.

Thanks!

-- Steve


> 
> > -	unsigned char rctx = 0;